The techtonic plates are pulling away from each other. Magma is forced twards the sea floor via convection currents. This results in "hot vents" where an entire ecosystem is based on chemosynthetic bacteria.
No. Mid-ocean ridges mark divergent boundaries.
mid-ocean ridge
mid ocean ridge
to make volcanoes
The age of rocks on the ocean floor increases with distance from the mid-ocean ridge. This is due to the process of seafloor spreading, where new crust is formed at the ridge and then gradually moves away as tectonic plates shift. As a result, rocks closest to the ridge are younger, while those farther away are older, providing evidence for the theory of plate tectonics.
Slow motion
Sea floor spreading
The Mid-Atlantic ridge.
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
The Mid-Atlantic ridge.
The mid-ocean ridge are mountains that were formed underwater.
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
No, the mid-ocean ridge is not the same as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, although the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a specific part of the mid-ocean ridge system. The mid-ocean ridge refers to a continuous chain of underwater mountains formed by tectonic plate movements, spanning across the world's oceans. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is the segment located between the North American and Eurasian plates in the North Atlantic Ocean, specifically marking the boundary where these plates are diverging.
yes, the mid ocean ridges are a steep sided valley at the center of a mid ocean ridge
its deposited somewhere else
the Mid-Atlantic Ridge